WE’VE all seen how fat loss injections can change somebody’s life for the better.
But one woman has warned against the drug as it left her with multiple serious side effects in her
Ellie Marie, from the UK, took to social media to share her experience after being on for six months and shedding almost five stone.
She said: “Reasons why I had to stop Mounjaro after.”;
Next, Ellie shared a picture listing all of the ailments she experienced from the drug.
She revealed she was at a rapid rate as well as extreme heartburn, leading her to take daily medication to ease it.
But that’s not all, she also suffered from potential gallstones, stomach ulcers and constant stomach pains.
Ellie also found the food suppression stopped and she was left feeling lightheaded, nauseous and dehydrated.
After six months of putting up with the side effects, she decided to call it quits and come off the injections.
As for those who say the weight loss injections are ‘easy’ Ellie said it was one of the hardest things she had done.
“People think it’s easy, hardest thing I’ve chosen to do,”; she captioned the post.
About– and the number is expected to double in the next year.
works by suppressing your, making people feel fuller for longer.
The injections are licensed for patients withand to assist those who are clinically obese (with aof 30 or over).
One jab is administered each week, but the duration depends on someone’s weight.
Thecan be lawfully supplied when prescribed by a practitioner – such as a doctor, nurse or a pharmacist-independent prescriber.
Public Reaction
The clip posted to her account @ellie.mariex quickly went viral with over 64k views.
People were quick to take to the comments and many claimed to face similar issues after going on the jabs.
One person wrote: “I stopped three months in. The nausea and dizziness were KO-ing me. Hope you’re feeling better now.”;
Another commented: “I’m losing an insane amount of hair; I hardly lose hair daily, but I’m losing so much I’m actually going to see if my friend can check for bald patches.”;
“Same, lost over half of my hair, now need my gallbladder removed,”; penned a third.
Meanwhile a fourth said: “I did 9 weeks felt awful the whole time.”;
“Literally, me too,”; claimed a fifth.
Someone else added: “Stopped today, binned the pen, life’s too short.”;
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